Title race OVER? Pep Guardiola admits 'maybe another team deserves' to win Premier League after Man City suffer fourth straight loss on nightmare run

For the first time in his coaching career, Guardiola suffered four consecutive losses as Manchester City went down 2-1 against Brighton in the Premier League on Saturday. Erling Haaland handed his team the lead in the 23rd minute, but Joao Pedro brought the Seagulls back in the game with a strike in the 78th minute before setting up Matt O’Riley for the winning goal five minutes later.

Within a span of two weeks, City have crashed out of the Carabao Cup, suffered a humiliating defeat at the hands of Sporting CP in the Champions League, and suffered back-to-back defeats in the Premier League, which has widened their gap with league leaders Liverpool to five points. After Saturday's game, a disappointed Guardiola admitted that his team might not win the league title this year.

Speaking to the BBC, the City boss said, "Maybe after seven years winning six Premier Leagues, maybe one year another team deserve it. We are not able to do 90 minutes right now. We played a really good first half and moments in the second half. We lost again so [we need to] clean our heads, [go into the] international break and hopefully our players come back fit."

He added, "We have to try and win games again. We were not able to sustain the rhythm in the second half. Four [defeats] in a row. We have to change things quick. The schedule becomes tough but it is going to happen when the players come back."

The Cityzens will aim to regain their form and get back to winning ways after the international break. They next take on Tottenham Hotspur in a Premier League clash on November 23.